David A. SmithProfessor, Sociology Planning, Policy and Design |
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Research Interests |
World Systems Analysis, Urbanization, Development, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Dependent Development in East Asia | |
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Research Abstract |
I am a comparative sociologist who is interested in 1) international trade and exchange in the world-economy (and it's implications for economioc growth and development), 2) global industrialization and "commodity chains" -- especially in the Pacific Rim region, and particularly apparel and garment manufacturing, 3) the dynamics of technological dependence and technology transfer in East Asia, 4) Thrid World cities and development, and 5) global urbanization & "world cities" (including Los Angeles as a "global city"). Over the past several years I have been involved in various research projects (including one funded by the UC Pacific Rim) that permitted me to do on-site research in South Korea, Vietnam, and Indonesia, aNd China. Beginning in July 2004 I received support from the National Science Foundation for a project on "globalzation and networks of world cities," which combines statistical analysis of city-to-city connections with case studies of particular urban areas. In addition to advising students in global network analysis and East Asian development and social change, I also supervise PhD students who study "new immigrants" and ethnic enclave economies in Southern California (with particular emphasis on Korean-American communities). | |
| Publications |
BOOKS: D. Smith. THIRD WORLD CITIES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. Westview Press, 1996. |
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| D. Smith and J. Borocz (eds.) A NEW WORLD ORDER? GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Greenwood Press. 1995. | ||
| D. Smith, D. Solinger, and S. Topik (eds). STATES AND SOVEREIGNTY IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. Routledge Press. 1999. | ||
| R. Gonzalez, R, Fernandes, V. Price, D. Smith, and L. Vo (editors). LABOR VERSUS EMPIRE: RACE, GENDER AND MIGRATION. Routledge Press. 2004. | ||
| P. Ciccantell, G. Seidman, and D. Smith (editors). NATURE, RAW MATERIALS, AND POLITIAL ECONOMY. Research in Rural Sociology and Development: Volume 10. Elsevier. forthcoming (2005). | ||
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ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS "Structure and Dynamics of the Global Economy: Network Analysis of International Trade, 1965-1980" (with Douglas White). SOCIAL FORCES 70(4) 857-893 (1992). |
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| D. Smith "Technology, Commodity Chains and Global Inequality: The South Korean Case in the 1990s." REVEIW OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY 4(4)734-762 (1997). | ||
| D. Smith and M. Timberlake. “World City Networks and Hierarchies, 1977-1997: An Empirical Analysis of Global Air Travel Links.” AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST 44(10)1656-1678 (2001). | ||
| .L. Matthei and D. Smith, “Globalization, Migration and the Shaping of Masculinity in Belize.” Pp. 267-285 in Rhonda Reddock (ed.), INTERROGATING CARIBBEAN MASCULINITIES. University of West Indies Press. 2004. | ||
| D. Smith. “Global Cities in East Asia: Empirical and Conceptual Analysis.” INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL, 2004, Vol LVI, 3: 399-412. | ||
| Grant | Collaborative Research: Globalization and the Network of World Cities (Funded by the National Science Foundation, July 2004-June 2005) | |
| Other Experience |
Editor SOCIAL PROBLEMS 1999—2002 |
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Co-Editor CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY 2005—2008 |
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| Research Center | Center for the Study of Democracy | |
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2529 | |
| Last updated | 08/25/2005 | |